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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 26 out of 100. Risk genes beyond APOE

Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis

El objetivo de este trabajo es desarrollar un algoritmo de forrajeo de bacterias para el alineamiento múltiple de secuencias genéticas. La metodología consiste en comparar el desempeño de dos versiones del algoritmo (bactOf y bactAtp) en el alineamiento de tres conjuntos de secuencias de genes (A,B y C) relacionados con el AlzHeimer. Dichos genes son TREM2, EPHA1 y ABCA7 de diferentes organismos como Homo sapiens, Mustela putorius furo, Pongo abelii y Cervus elaphus, entre otros. Los resultados muestran que en el set A, el promedio de fitness de bactOf comienza en 1097.86 y aumenta gradualmente hasta alcanzar 1431.87 en la iteración 30, mientras que bactAtp inicia en 1570.53 y aumenta gradualmente hasta estabilizarse en 1596.10 a partir de la iteración 20. En el set B, bactAtp comienza con un promedio de fitness de 5636.59, mientras que bactOf inicia en 3626.53, lo que indica que bactAtp tiene un valor de fitness inicial significativamente superior. Finalmente, en el set C, bactAtp comienza con un valor de fitness mucho más alto (3239.54) que bactOf (492.07). Esta tendencia de mayor fitness en bactAtp se mantiene constante a lo largo de las iteraciones. Por otro lado, la cuantificación del número de funciones evaluadas (NFE) indica que en los Sets A y B, ambos algoritmos presentan un NFE idéntico de 653. Conclusiones: aunque ambos algoritmos, bactOf y bactAtp, son comparables en eficiencia de evaluación, bactAtp muestra un mejor desempeño en términos de fitness y rapidez de convergencia; esto es más notorio en el Set B. Esto se debe a su distribución aleatoria de gaps que optimiza la diversidad genética y evita patrones no deseados, lo que permite una mejor exploración y evita mínimos locales.

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Why it matters

This work compares two bacterial foraging algorithms for aligning Alzheimer-related gene sequences (TREM2, EPHA1, ABCA7) and reports that bactAtp generally reached higher fitness values than bactOf. It is a computational methods study and provides no information about treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Study details

How this study scored 26/100
How this study's score is builtJournal tier 7 of 10; Journal's citation record 0 of 4; Study design 0 of 12; Strength of evidence 1 of 5; Peer-review validation 10 of 10; How recent 5 of 5; Sample size 0 of 4; Effect reported 0 of 3; Studied in people 0 of 3; Randomised / blinded 0 of 2; Times cited 0 of 7; Citations per year 0 of 5; Impact for its field and year 0 of 6; Cited by studies here 0 of 6; Still being cited 0 of 4; Senior author's track record 0 of 4; Institution's track record 0 of 3; Multi-centre collaboration 0 of 3; Indexed in PubMed 1 of 2; Free to read 2 of 2. Total 26 of 100.26 of 100 points earned74 not earned

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.

ComponentPointsWhy
Journal tier 7 / 10 Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Arandu-UTIC.)
Journal's citation record 0 / 4 Arandu-UTIC.: journal h-index 7 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design 0 / 12 No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence 1 / 5 Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation 10 / 10 Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent 5 / 5 2026 — within 1 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size 0 / 4 Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported 0 / 3 No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people 0 / 3 Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded 0 / 2 No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited 0 / 7 Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year 0 / 5 0.0 citations a year over 2 year(s) since 2026
Impact for its field and year 0 / 6 Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here 0 / 6 No other study in this library cites it
Still being cited 0 / 4 Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record 0 / 4 Last-listed author Ernesto Ríos-Willars: h-index 2 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record 0 / 3 Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila: institution h-index 157 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration 0 / 3 OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete)
Indexed in PubMed 1 / 2 Not in PubMed, but has a DOI
Free to read 2 / 2 Free to read
Total 26 / 100 —

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APA 7th

Galeana, E. I. T., Delabra-Salinas, M. M., & Ríos-Willars, E. (2026). Algoritmo de Forrajeo de Bacterias para el Alineamiento Múltiple de Secuencias Relacionadas con Alzheimer. Arandu-UTIC.. https://doi.org/10.69639/arandu.v13i1.2009

Vancouver

Galeana EIT, Delabra-Salinas MM, Ríos-Willars E. Algoritmo de Forrajeo de Bacterias para el Alineamiento Múltiple de Secuencias Relacionadas con Alzheimer. Arandu-UTIC.. 2026. doi:10.69639/arandu.v13i1.2009.

BibTeX

@article{galeana2026-fc640c45,
  author  = {Galeana, Erik Iván Toledo and Delabra-Salinas, María Magdalena and Ríos-Willars, Ernesto},
  title   = {{Algoritmo de Forrajeo de Bacterias para el Alineamiento Múltiple de Secuencias Relacionadas con Alzheimer}},
  journal = {Arandu-UTIC.},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.69639/arandu.v13i1.2009},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.69639/arandu.v13i1.2009}
}

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